Air Traffic Control Specialist (Terminal)

Commander, Navy Installations Command•Meridian, MS

About The Position

The Air Traffic Control Specialist (Terminal) serves in the Air Traffic Control Division of a Naval Air Station, ensuring the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of air traffic. The specialist provides preflight, in-flight, and post-flight assistance; issues control instructions to maintain separation and manage aircraft operating within and between delegated airspace; and provides weather reports, runway information, approach types, and lost-communication and missed-approach procedures. The specialist documents initial accident and incident records and promptly forwards them to the appropriate Branch Chiefs or Air Traffic Control Facility Officer. The role requires extensive and thorough knowledge of air traffic control operations, methods, and techniques, including meteorology, air navigation, standard ATC communications and phraseology, aircraft performance, navigation aids, and regulations and procedures governing the control and separation of air traffic. The incumbent must possess the facility ratings required at the assigned facility, maintain a valid FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist license and/or Control Tower Operator Certificate, and qualify on all ATC operating positions within 12 months of hire while maintaining required currency and proficiency. This is a mission-essential position. The employee may work rotating shifts and be recalled as needed to support operations. A pre-appointment physical examination, security clearance, and successful pre-employment drug test are required; the employee is also subject to random drug testing.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen and determined suitable for federal employment.
Must possess a valid FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist License and/or Control Tower Operator Certificate (Pink Card), and maintain a valid certificate as required.
Must possess the facility ratings required at the facility where the position is located.
Must successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering on duty.
Must successfully complete pre-employment drug testing and be subject to random testing.
Must not have reached their 36th birthday by the date of appointment, subject to applicable exceptions and waivers.
For GS-12: At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-11, demonstrating experience assisting aircraft in distress or experiencing difficulties, applying ATC operations and procedures for safe air traffic flow, and training civilian and military controllers.
For GS-11: At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-10, demonstrating experience providing ATC for assigned airspace, following control and separation regulations and procedures, and ensuring safe and effective ATC operations.
Must have at least four years of experience as a certified Air Traffic Controller, including two years of ATC Radar experience.
Must have extensive and thorough knowledge of ATC operations, methods, and techniques, including meteorology, air navigation, ATC communications and phraseology, aircraft performance, navigation aids, and control and separation regulations and procedures.
Must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements if a current federal employee applying for a GS position.
Must participate in direct deposit; new Department of the Navy employees must pass E-Verify; males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Must qualify on all ATC operating positions within 12 months of hire and maintain currency and proficiency as required by the ATC NATOPS Manual.

Responsibilities

Ensure the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of air traffic.
Provide preflight, in-flight, and post-flight assistance to aircraft.
Issue control instructions to ensure separation and manage aircraft flying within and between delegated airspace.
Decode and issue weather reports, runway information, approach types, and lost-communication and missed-approach procedures.
Document initial accident and incident records and promptly forward them to the appropriate Branch Chiefs or ATCFO.
Assist lost aircraft, aircraft in distress, and aircraft experiencing in-flight difficulties.
Provide air traffic control for assigned airspace while following regulations and procedures governing control and separation.
Ensure air traffic control operations, methods, and techniques are followed safely and effectively.
Provide training to civilian and military air traffic controllers.
Achieve qualification on all ATC operating positions within 12 months of hire and maintain required currency and proficiency.
Support continuity of operations and completion of mission-essential tasks; be available for recall as needed.